TOM MARDIROSIAN   (1947 - )

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Plays by Tom Mardirosian

TOM MARDIROSIAN

Saved From Obscurity

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,

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doollee no

#22403

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Genre:

Comedy Drama Comedy

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Male

3

Female

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Synopsis:

An actor (in this case the author himself) faces an audience and, with unfailing wit and humor, tells all about what it is like to pursue an acting career in the challenging and often discouraging environs of New York and Hollywood. From the first school play to auditioning for Joseph Papp at New York's famed Public Theater; from doing bit parts on television soap operas and commercials to getting his first minor role in a Hollywood film; and on to becoming an understudy for a star in a Broadway play. The author pulls no punches-or laughs-in providing an insider's view of the whole zany, illogical, but so often stimulating process. Interspersed with his own colorfully recounted memories are brief scenes in which the other actors (each taking a variety of roles) join him in recreating actual events and experiences. And along the way, a number of famous theatrical personages come under his scrutiny, with sometimes unflattering but invariably hilarious results. But, throughout, in both the vignettes and the solo pieces, the author is able to find the funny side of everything-even rejection-and with an unquenchable spirit and resilience which will be readily understood and delighted in by all who love, participate in, or even just follow the fortunes of, the wonderful world of the theatre.

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TOM MARDIROSIAN

Subfertile

1st Produced:

Playwrights Horizons

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1st Published:

Dramatists Play Service, NY,

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Music:

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doollee no

#22404

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

2

Female

3

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Synopsis:

There is no room for delicacy or modesty when Tom, on the brink of his fortieth birthday, learns that he and his wife's childless condition is a result of his low sperm count. Determined to have a child, and haunted by the dinosaurs he visits at the Museum of Natural History, Tom pursues the dream of fatherhood through the expensive and painful avenues of modern medicine. The situation is hard on his masculinity and his marriage, and the solutions become increasingly bizarre. Should Tom opt for surgery, insulated diapers, or the good, old-fashioned remedy offered by his best friend who is perfectly capable and willing to impregnate Tom's wife? The play, narrated by the character of Tom, is never self-pitying and always humorous. It treats a very modern human dilemma with wit and compassion.

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TOM MARDIROSIAN

Waiting For Strindberg

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I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.

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doollee no

#137223

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Parts:

Male

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Female

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